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Both bands in front of breast with Angers extended, &c., as (W), 

 pass the right hand forward orer the back of the left dowly. {Dakota 

 I.) " Slow in motion." 



The hands, four to eight inches apart, about a foot in front of the 

 lower part of the chest, with the forefingers extended, pointing forward 

 and backs ujjward, should be slowly lowered about eight inches and at 

 the same time separated by bringing the elbows to the sides. The 

 other lingers are to be nearly closed, thumbs against tlie middle Angers 

 or under them. {Dakota IV.) "Going backward, and therefore slow." 



Deaf-mute natural .signs. — A slow, horizontal movement of the baud. 



{Ballard.) 



In reference to walking, walk slowly for a little distance; to sewing, 

 slowly copy such a manner as a dressmaker actually does, and so on. 



( Cross. ) 



8iiiall; Little; a lew; »>inall aiiioiuit. (Compare JVoth- 



iii^.) 

 Pass the nearlj" closed hands several times by jerks over one another, 

 the right hand above. ( Wied.) There are various signs for Little, 

 depending on the nature of the object described. I have given you one. 

 I do not remember this of the Prince of Wied. {Matthews.) 



(1) Fingers and thumb of both hands closed, hands bent backward 

 from the wrist, and thus (2) crosses right above the left before the breast. 

 {Cheyenne I.) 



First lay"the open hands on the body, Ijacks outward, and then make 

 the sign for illan, or the animal or thing to which the sign is to be 

 applied, and then close the hands, Asts (A 1), left outside of the right 

 and about a foot and a half in front of the left breast, and the right 

 held just in front of the left breast; carry the left hand inward, and the 

 right hand outward, to the body on a curve until the right Ast is over the 

 left. {Dakota I.) "Denotes small in body or stature." 



Place the right Ast or half-closed hand about three inches above the 

 left, in front of the navel, radial side of the Asts ujjward ; then bend the 

 bands backward as far as possible at the wrists, and move the right 

 wrist over the left, at the same time turning the palms a little upward. 

 {Dakota IV.) " So small or so little that it can be held in the closed 

 bands." 



The extended foi'eflnger of the left hand (usually erected) is pinched 

 near its extremity between the thumb and index-Anger of the right 

 hand. The degree of smallness is to some extent shown by the height 

 of that portion of the left foreAnger which appears above the right 

 thumb-nail. For extra demonstration the eyes are often partly closed 

 and the foreAnger pinched tightly. {Mandan and Hidatsa I.) 



